Drawer-support.



No. 873,225. PATBNTBD DEC. 10, 1907.

' G.-A.GEHNE.

DRAWER SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1907.

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CARL ADOLPH GEE NE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DRAWER-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1Q, 1907.

Application filed May 2,1907. Serial No. 371,459.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL ADoLPH GEI-INE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Supports; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in 1 The object of the inventionis to provide a support for drawers by means of which the same may befirmly supported in an open position and prevented from being pulledentirely out of their casing, means being provided whereby the drawersmay be quickly and easily detached from the supporting device to permitthe same to be entirely removed from the casing.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists incertain novel features of construcT tion, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view through oneend of a case of drawers showing the latter in end elevation with thesupporting mechanism applied thereto, one of the drawers being shown inan 0 en position and the other in a closed position; Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detailsectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig-1; Fig. 4

and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

. Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 denotes the drawerswhich are here shown as being arranged in a suitable casing 2. Thesupporting device comprises inner and outer vertically-disposed bars 3and'4, the inner bar 3 being secured in any suitable j manner to theinner wall of the side of the casing adjacent to the front or open sideof the casing, while the other bar 4 is secured to the end of the draweradjacent to the outer l side of the same. Arranged between the l bars 3and 4 and connected thereto are a series of lazy tong bars 5, the lowerend of one j of the outer bars at each end of said lazy tongs isslidably connected to the lower ends of the bars 3 and 4 in slots 6formed in said bars asshown, thus permitting the lazy tong bars to bereadily folded together when the drawers are brought to a closedposition.

The outer bar 4 is adapted to be secured permanently to the end of thedrawer by means of screws or other fastening device, or the drawer maybe detachably connected to the bar 4 to permit the drawer to be readilydisengaged from the support, thus providing for the removal of thedrawer from the casing.

The manner in which the drawer is detachably connected to the bar 4 isclearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings and consists of aninwardly projecting upwardly turned hook 7 which is secured to andprojects inwardly from the bar 4 and is adapted to be engaged with aslotted plate 8 secured to the outer end of the drawer as shown. The endof the drawer beneath the slot in the plate 8 is recessed and shown at 9to permit the end of the hook to be inserted through the slot in theplate 8 and engaged with the upper edge of said slot thereby forming asupport with which the outer end of the drawer is engaged. The ends ofthe drawer are, also recessed beneath the slot 6 in the lower ends ofthe bars 3 and 4 to permit the o eration of the heads of the bolts thatslidably connect the lower ends of the outer lazy tong bars with-saidbars 3 and 4.

Arranged on the inner side of the ends of the casing are guide or trackstrips 10 with which are adapted to be engaged a bearing roller 12 whichis journaled in a bracket 13 secured to the end of the drawer adjacentto the rear side thereof and near the lower edge of the end piecewhereby said rear end of the drawer is slidingly sup orted in thecasing, thus permitting the rawer to be readily opened or closed. Itwill be understood that one of the lazy tong supporting devices isarranged on each end of the drawers and that said lazy tong support isdisposed between the ends of the drawer and the adjacent sides or endsof the casing and that when the drawers are pushed into closed position,the lazy tongs will be folded together between the attaching bars 3 and4 which are respectively secured to the side of the casing and to theadjacent end of the drawer.

By reversing the position of the bars 3 and 4, so that the slots 6 willbe at the top, the lazy tong bars will be disposed adjacent to thelower'edge of the drawer, as will be un- 110 derstood. This arrangementmay be found to be desirable in connection with letter files or otherforms of drawers, in which the sides of the drawers are out away ontheir upper edges.

Having thus described 1n invention. what I claim as new is l. A drawersupport comprising a series of lazy tong bars, inner and outer fasteningbars connected to the opposite end of said lazy tong bars, fasteningdevices to rigidly connect the inner bar with the end of the drawercasing, a slotted connecting plate secured to the end of the drawer anda supporting hook arranged on said. outer bar and adapted to engage thesaid slotted plate of the drawers to detachably connect the latter withsaid outer bar, substantially as described.

2. A drawer support comprising a series of lazy tong bars, inner andouter fastening bars connected to the opposite end of said lazy tongbars, fastening devices to rigidly connect the inner bar with the end.of the drawer casing, a slotted connecting plate secured to the end ofthe drawer, a supporting hook arranged on said outer bar and adapted toengage the said slotted plate ol the drawers to detachably connect thelatter with. said outer bar, guide or track strips arranged in thedrawer casing, and guide rollers carried by the drawer to engage andtravel on. said track bars, substantially as described.

In t StlUIODX whereol I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubseribing witnesses.

AjRIl ADOIJPII (llfillNlfl. Witnesses:

A. C. NIELSEN, BERNTIARD .liNAU'lllll.

